Author: Portland DSA
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Portland Metro Chamber (of Secrets)
Photo: Governor Tina Kotek and Mayor Keith Wilson toasting champagne with Portland Metro Chamber president and CEO Andrew Hoan. Like all American cities, Portland has a local ruling class. The exact contours of this class evolve over time, but one institution has served as a pillar of the ruling class’s political aims for decades: the… read more
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Providence Health Plan Collapse Highlights Oregon’s Fight for Single-Payer in 2027
The collapse of the Providence Health Plan and silence from Oregon’s Democratic Party leadership points the way for socialists to secure single-payer healthcare in 2027. read more
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Portland City Councilors: Pass Police/ICE Mask Ban
Newspapers publish letters from Portland DSA members all the time. Occasionally, the takes are too hot for corporate news media. We are publishing those letters here. Portland City Councilors: Pass Police/ICE Mask Ban At a time when our community’s trust in federal law enforcement has reached its nadir, it is crucial that the City take steps to restore our faith… read more
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The Data Centrists
Update: Ky Fireside — the Eugene-DSA endorsed candidate for HD-7 (Springfield) — launched a public petition calling on Oregon governor Tina Kotek and the Legislature to immediately impose a statewide moratorium on new data centers. One month out from Oregon’s May Primary Election, grassroots resistance to the data center takeover in Washington County threatens to… read more
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PSU Never Disarmed
By Diego Pajuelo While PSU made headlines in the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter movement when they claimed campus police were disarmed, this was never true. It is less true now that even partial concessions have been rolled back. Since 2023 the police have been fully re-armed. In the midst of all this, the… read more
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Brian Owendoff’s One Big Club (You Ain’t In It)
Brian Owendoff sent racist text messages about Portland City Councilors to a group chat of local pro-corporate political agitators. Our research reveals he’s just one node in a network of powerful people trying to cut taxes for the rich, balloon the police budget, and make it harder for Portlanders to survive. Brian Owendoff, the commercial… read more
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Portland DSA Calls on the City of Portland to Stand Up To ICE
The Portland, Oregon chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America calls on Portland City Council and Portland Mayor Keith Wilson to take critical action to protect Portlanders from ICE and all Federal policing agencies. Two Portlanders were shot by federal agents working as a rogue personal army for President Trump. We hold them in our… read more
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Victory: A.I. Rent-raising software banned in Portland
Yesterday Portland became the 12th city in the nation to pass a ban on software used by corporate landlords to coordinate rent spikes. We showed up, and our collective effort helped push the council to a loud and clear approval of this crucial policy! DSA City Councilors Angelita Morillo, Mitch Green, and Council Vice President… read more
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An Historic Night for Socialism
Portland DSA Celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s Historic Victory in NYC, Signals Parallel Path for Portland on Affordability Issues PORTLAND, OR — The Portland chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) today celebrated the historic election of Zohran Mamdani as Mayor of New York City, hailing it as a watershed moment for the socialist movement and… read more